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Great presentation!!!  Thank You!!!

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Thank you!

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Hmmm, I wonder why “we are moving away from USA Learns”. We are using it heavily in our county.

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Thank you so much, Jen. It was wonderful.

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Using blended in bridge classes

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I want to be able to transition my ESOL students into ABE/ASE!

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New ideas

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I'm loving this Padlet platform!

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I'd like to see how best to support instructors with blended learning techniques

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I am wanting to learn how to use more media in my esol literacy class

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To learn more about blended learning

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I would like tools to create more online ESL (distance learning) content for community-based ESL

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Checking in

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Wow! How interesting!!

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Is Today's Meet similar to this feature?

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Glad to be here!

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Christy is doing such innovative collaborative work!

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Digital Homeroom example --- digital literacy resources

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Customizable template for English Language Technology Instructors

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Research on how to provide "teacher-involved" online instruction

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IDEAL Consortium - EdTech Center @ World Education

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The IDEAL Consortium helps member states establish quality innovative distance and blended learning programs by offering professional development, providing technical support, and facilitating a network of education leaders from across the country. We aim to ensure that all learners have access to quality learning opportunities beyond the classroom.

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Framework for technology integration

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Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment

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Want to test what you know? Complete any of the following online assessments.

If you want to save your results to a Northstar location,

If you are not part of a Northstar location yet, but would like to earn a certificate for passing the assessments, find a Northstar location near you.

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Improve your computer skills and prep for your future!

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Check out the work of IDEAL Consortium, links to blogs and webinars, access to research on technology in ABE.

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The EdTech Center supports educators and local partners in the integration of digital technologies into instruction, promotes digital literacy and access to accelerate learning, college and career readiness, and offers mobile and online learning opportunities.

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Innovative Models - slides from Ed Tech Center Webinar

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Christy Nelson - Blended Learning in NW Michigan Job Centers

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Christy Nelson - Adult Education in NW Michigan Job Centers

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Innovative Models - resource from the EdTech Center

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The EdTech Center @ World Education compiled the follow data showing the range of instruction using different proportions of distance and face-to-face learning. Click on the image below or download a PDF version of the chart.

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Innovative Digital Learning Models for ELL Immigrant Adults - EdTech Center @ World Education

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The EdTech Center @ World Education compiled the follow data showing the range of instruction using different proportions of distance and face-to-face learning. Click on the image below or download a PDF version of the chart.

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Clayton Christensen Institute Blended Learning Models

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What is blended learning?

Blended learning is not the same as technology-rich instruction. It goes beyond one-to-one computers and high-tech gadgets. Blended learning involves leveraging the Internet to afford each student a more personalized learning experience, including increased student control over the time, place, path, and/or pace of learning.

The definition of blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns:

at least in part through online learning, with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace;

at least in part in a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home;

and the modalities along each student's learning path within a course or subject are connected to provide an integrated learning experience.

What are the most common models of blended learning?

The majority of blended-learning programs resemble one of four models: Rotation, Flex, A La Carte, and Enriched Virtual. The Rotation model includes four sub-models: Station Rotation, Lab Rotation, Flipped Classroom, and Individual Rotation. This taxonomy will evolve as the practice of blended-learning matures. Read the definitions of the models and sub-models here.

Blended Learning Universe

The Blended Learning Universe-or BLU-is a comprehensive online hub packed with blended-learning resources. Whether you're looking for a primer on the basics or want to dive deep into the supporting research, the BLU has you covered.

Curated by the Clayton Christensen Institute, the BLU offers a wealth of resources-including practical guides, video tutorials, and downloadable worksheets-and a searchable school directory of K-12 blended-learning programs worldwide. Our goal for this site is to provide meaningful information and tools for practitioners, policymakers, parents, and innovators-really anyone working to improve education through personalized, student-centered learning. Explore the BLU here.

Blended Learning MOOC

There's plenty of buzz around blended learning and its transformational potential. But what does it really mean? You can now get the inside track on this growing movement by participating in our Blended Learning MOOC-a massive open online course-taught by our own Michael B. Horn, Brian Greenberg of Silicon Schools Fund, and Robert Schwartz of the New Teacher Center.

The course is available on Coursera and Khan Academy and is free and open to anyone, anywhere. It is also available in Portuguese and Japanese.

Does blended learning work?

Many in the field pose the question, does blended learning work? The truth is, the efficacy of blended learning greatly depends on its specific implementation and the particular problem it is designed to solve. The more pertinent question we should ask is what blended-learning model works, with what software, for which students.

Blended Learning Publications

Proof points: Blended learning success in school districts

September 2015

We teamed up with the Evergreen Education Group to publish 12 case studies of how traditional school districts improved student learning outcomes after implementing blended learning. Each short profile highlights key details in the district's blended-learning strategy, the edtech products used, and promising results in the form of test scores and graduation rates. Read more

Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools

October 2014

Co-authored by Michael Horn and Heather Staker, Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools serves as a design guide for K-12 stakeholders looking to effectively embrace the rise of blended learning. This book is a must-have resource for educators, parents, and innovators navigating the future of learning. Read more

Is K-12 blended learning disruptive? An introduction of the theory of hybrids

May 2013

This paper analyzes blended learning through the lens of disruptive innovation theory. It introduces the theory of hybrids and identifies sustaining and disruptive models of blended learning. Read more

Classifying K-12 blended learning

May 2012

This paper introduces a refined definition of blended learning and distinguishes blended learning from other education practices. It highlights four blended-learning models and sub-models that are appearing across the K-12 field and provides examples of schools and districts that have implemented them. Read more

The rise of K-12 blended learning: Profiles of emerging models

May 2011

This paper offers 40 brief case studies of organizations that are beginning to blend online learning with supervised brick-and-mortar settings. It also provides a snapshot of the technology tools these organizations are using and the policy changes they have identified as the most helpful to advance their work. Read more

The rise of K-12 blended learning

January 2011

This paper observes that online learning is sweeping across America, and it is no longer only a distance-learning phenomenon. Most of the growth is in blended-learning environments. As blended learning grows, it has the potential to transform America's education system into one that offers more personalized-learning approaches for all students. Read more

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Blended Learning - Christensen Institute

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What is blended learning? Blended learning is not the same as technology-rich instruction. It goes beyond one-to-one computers and high-tech gadgets. Blended learning involves leveraging the Internet to afford each student a more personalized learning experience, including increased student control over the time, place, path, and/or pace of learning.

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Blended Learning Definitions:  Murphy, R., Bienkowski, M., Bhanot, R., Wang, S., Wetzel, T., House, A., … Van Brunt, J. (2017). Evaluating digital learning for adult basic literacy and numeracy. Menlow Park.